There is no question about the fact that we had very serious disagreements with my German, French, and Russian colleagues over the Iraq war. But I never stopped talking.

You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.

If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn't prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.

I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now.

Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future

I think the American people want to see what we want to see, and that is for the Iraqi people to have a free, open, fair election, for their forces to be built up, for our reconstruction money to be used well, and for Iraqi security forces to take over so we can start bringing our troops home.